April 11, 2019, Introduced by Senator ALEXANDER and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
A bill to amend 2012 PA 436, entitled
"Local financial stability and choice act,"
by amending section 32 (MCL 141.1572).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
32. (1) This Except
as otherwise provided in subsection
(2), this act does not impose any liability or responsibility in
law or equity upon this state, any department, agency, or other
entity of this state, or any officer or employee of this state, or
any member of a receivership transition advisory board, for any
action taken by any local government under this act, for any
violation of the provisions of this act by any local government, or
for any failure to comply with the provisions of this act by any
local government. A cause of action against this state or any
department, agency, or entity of this state, or any officer or
employee of this state acting in his or her official capacity, or
any membership of a receivership transition advisory board acting
in his or her official capacity, may not be maintained for any
activity authorized by this act, or for the act of a local
government filing under chapter 9, including any proceeding
following a local government's filing.
(2) If a local government is placed in receivership with an
appointed emergency manager for 18 months or more and that local
government incurs any additional debt or liability, excluding
interest on existing debt or liabilities, that is over the amount
of the debt or liabilities that existed for that local government
on the date the local government was placed in receivership, this
state shall reimburse that local government for the amount of the
additional debt or liability incurred by an appropriation as
provided by law.